Items related to Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering: A Systems...

Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering: A Systems Approach - Hardcover

Kazmer, David O.

  • 3.40 out of 5 stars
    5 ratings by Goodreads
 
9781569904626: Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering: A Systems Approach

Synopsis

Plastics manufacturing is a highly interdisciplinary endeavor requiring knowledge related to materials science, physics, engineering, and management. Because of this diversity, the plastics process engineer interacts with many stakeholders including customers, designers, materials suppliers, machine builders, mold/die suppliers, systems integrators, operators, quality engineers, managers, and others. With so many stakeholders involved, it isn't surprising that many plastics manufacturing processes are not precisely engineered systems. The resulting processes can be poorly designed, requiring too much investment to achieve too little productivity. This book was written to educate and support plastics processing engineers, but it is also highly useful to others involved with plastics manufacturing who are performing process development, research, and even machinery design. A manufacturing systems engineering approach was used to provide guidance about plastics manufacturing as an integrated system with broadly applicable analysis of the underlying subsystems.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

David Kazmer is President of Kazmer Research LLC and a Professor of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell. He is the recipient of more than 10 different recognition awards, an inventor with over 20 patents, and the author of more than 200 publications. His academic work is motivated by industry experiences as an engineer at General Electric and as Director of Research and Development at Synventive Molding Solutions. He is a Professional Manufacturing Engineering licensed in the State of California. His teaching and research are in the areas of systems design, simulation, and optimization with a focus on machinery, sensors, and controls.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.